The Daimon of Mission
by Stephen Simmer “Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never...
Lay Priest: Perspectives; a poem
For: Michael Rice Perspectives; yours…mine… out of shadowland we grasp at pin pricks of light, claim a dogma; disclaim another’s…judging… Within our perspective we judge. With other brothers, we sought our limits illumined by the midnight sun, we probed community to its nexus…in an individual’s dance within his shadows… Fears and tears, hysteria and laughter the pulse particularly deep,...
The Calisthenics of Love
Dmitri Bilgere sends us this video from his new blog on the three parts to discover and the three skills to master when it comes to the art of loving. You can also read a transcription of the video at Dmitri’s website: Live the Life You Long For As a 1-on-1 coach, workshop leader, and writer, I help people care for their hearts so they are able to take the daily, excellent actions that move them toward the life they long for....
Watching Them Watch Me
Love is a golden vessel, containing, by its very nature, both joys and sorrows. The poignant reality of this human condition is beautifully shown in a recent memoir from the New York Times, sent to us by Alain Hunkins, The MKP Journal’s Corporate Leadership & Facilitation Contributing Editor. Anyone who has ever suffered the slow loss of a spouse or a parent will feel this moving story by Times writer Dean E. Murphy. It...
More Momentum, Less Effort
by Joseph DiCenso Scything wheat, hammering a nail, splitting wood, sledding downhill, surfing a wave, performing a summersault, playing the piano–all of these have something in common: working with momentum. Momentum: mass in motion aiming to remain in motion. In the broader sense, we might say it’s whatever already has life or energy. When we tap that energy we expend less of our own. In exchange, we give up some...
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